Armed Wife of Slain Worcester Officer Missing Five Days as Police Search Coes Pond

Karen Solomon, 58, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury in the death of her husband — Worcester police officer Kurt Solomon, a 31-year veteran — has been missing over five days. Authorities consider her armed. Dive teams and canine units are searching Coes Pond; public spaces there remain closed as of August 23.